mental health
Rise in suicide attempts in Texas prisons alarms advocates
April 12, 2019Prisoner rights advocates point to the rise in suicide attempts in Texas prisons as part of a national trend in which people behind bars increasingly have serious mental health needs that are not being addressed inside...
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Parkland students’ manifesto errs on privacy and emotional disabilities
April 12, 2018Police officers may have some limited training in psychology, but this hardly qualifies them to make decisions best left to medical professionals.
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Georgia police shoot LGBTQ student during mental health crisis
September 19, 2017The shooting of Scout Schultz has further fueled the debate over police responses to people dealing with mental health issues.
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Solitary confinement: Prisoners and advocates target an unjust practice
March 31, 2017Outcry against the inhumane punishment of solitary confinement is coming from both policy reform advocates as well as from movements of resistance inside prison walls.
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Northwestern cuts counseling at Women’s Center during Domestic Violence month
October 19, 2016Until the matter of the Women’s Center is resolved, students on campus are left with few options.
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